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31 THURSDAY OCTOBER 1. 1964 c~ A special and duly-called meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor J. Frank Wilson presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Thursday, October 1, 1964, beginning at 4:30 P.M., for the stated purpose of (1) receiving and considering the salary and expense requests of the sever~l constitutional officers for the calendar year 1965; (2) considering and acting upon bids received for phase of electric system capital improvement; and (3) considering a request for cancellation of real estate taxes on the J. R. 'Smith Estate property from the date property was acquired by the City. All members of Council were present, viz., Mayor J. Frank Wilson; Vice-Mayor Fred T. Renick, M.D.; Harry L. Boaz; Thomas J. Burch; and E. E. Stone. After the invocation, and after the stating of the purpose of the meeting by Mayor Wilson, Council unanimously agreed to consider such other matters as are incorporated in these minutes as were not included in the stated purpose of the meeting. By notice dated September 24, 1964, the Compensation Board of the Commonwealth of Virginia informed Council that the Board will convene in Richmond, Virginia, on October 7, 1964, for the purpose of fixing the salaries and expenses (allowance:,) of the various "consti tutional" (elected) officers of the City of Martinsville for the calendar year 1965. Council acknowledged receipt of the salary and expense requests of the City Treasurer, the City Commissioner of the Revenue, the City Commonwealth's Attorney, and the City Sergeant, for the year 1965, but took no action on EJaid requests pending study. Council indicated that it would consider these requests perhaps on October 5th.